Arthur Meighen (1874-1960)
Aug 5 9th Prime Minister of Canada (C: 1920-21, 1926), dies at 86
- Aug 7 Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian luxury shoe designer (Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.), dies at 62
- Aug 7 Väinö Hannikainen, Finnish composer and harpist, dies at 60
- Aug 8 Danton Walker, American columnist (Broadway Spotlight), dies at 61
- Aug 9 Bernard Ogilvie Dodge, American botanist and pioneer researcher on heredity in fungi, dies at 88
- Aug 10 Emil Strauss, German writer (Vaterland), dies at 94
Frank Lloyd (1886-1960)
Aug 10 Scottish actor and director (Mutiny on Bounty, Oliver Twist, Blood on the Sun), dies at 74
- Aug 10 Oswald Veblin, mathematician
- Aug 14 Fred Clarke, American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder and manager (Louisville Colonels, Pittsburgh Pirates; World Series 1909 [PP]), dies at 87
- Aug 16 Errol Holmes, English cricket batsman (5 Tests, 1 x 50, HS 85no; Oxford University CC, Surrey CCC), dies of a heart attack at 54
- Aug 19 Lewis Bernstein Namier, English historian, dies at 72
- Aug 20 Rudolf Moser, composer, dies at 68
- Aug 21 David Barnard Steinman, American civil engineer and bridge designer (Hudson, Triborough), dies at 74
- Aug 22 Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler (b. 1898)
- Aug 23 Oscar Hammerstein II, American lyricist (Rodgers & Hammerstein - "Oklahoma!"; "South Pacific"; "The King And I"; " The Sound Of Music"), dies at 65
- Aug 26 Mark Hambourg, Russian-British composer, dies at 81
- Aug 28 Anton Lajovic, Slovenian composer, dies at 81
- Aug 29 Alexander Gauge, British actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood), dies at 46
- Aug 29 Hazza el-Majali, Prime Minister of Jordan is assassinated
- Aug 29 Vicki Baum, Austrian writer (Grand Hotel), dies at 72
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